MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 23 19:58:44 CDT 2007
Visual Studio Express Orcas CTP is released April 21. Community Technology Preview Beta The Orcas version of VB.NET Express is available and will run on WinXP and Vista http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/future/default.aspx What is new? LINQ, Windows Presentation Foundation, improvements in the CLR, Windows Communication Foundation and Windows Workflow Foundation May need Net Framework 3.5 Will LINQ replace XQuery or is it an enhancement? LINQ aims to reduce complexity for developers through a set of extensions to the C# and Visual Basic programming languages as well as the Microsoft .NET Framework which provide integrated querying for objects, databases and XML data. Using LINQ, developers will be able to write queries natively in C# or Visual Basic without having to use specialized languages, such as Structured Query Language (SQL) and XPath. An Overview of Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" White Paper http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=17319EB4-299C-43B8-A360-A1C2BD6A421B&displaylang=en The Beta 1 download for Visual Studio codename "Orcas" is available immediately for MSDN subscribers and the public download will be available soon. And yes, it will install on Vista http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/aa700831.aspx Here is download could be 5 Gig http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=36B6609E-6F3D-40F4-8C7D-AD111679D8DC&displaylang=en -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada